Subsistence-Settlement Systems and Intersite Variability in the Moroiso Phase of the Early Jomon Period of Japan

by Junko Habu

Book Overview

This book examines the settlement patterns and intersite variability in lithic assemblages of Early Jomon (ca. 5000 BP) hunter-gatherers in Japan. A model is proposed that links regional settlement patterns and intersite lithic assemblage variability to residential mobility. The results of this study suggest that the Early Jomon people were not sedentary, as previously assumed, but instead moved their residential basis seasonally. The implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879621320
• ISBN13: 9781879621329
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.9"